Gironniera subaequalis, D. Boufford 44168--China. Yunnan. Bu Long Net. Res. on XK15. DSC03104 (20).JPG
Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Menghai Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Menghai County)
21.578611, 100.333333
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; west of Bulongshan-Xiang along the Nanmei-he (Nanmei River) on county road K15. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest (appears uncut) with diverse mixture of trees, many more than 30 m tall, and tree ferns; trees with many epiphytes (mostly pteridophytes) and lianas and climbing Araceae. 1120-1130 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
At edge of forest on slope above stream and beside road. Tree, 25+ m tall; leaves abaxially pale green, adaxially somewhat shining; fruit green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Cannabaceae
Genus
Gironniera
Specific Epithet
subaequalis
Authorship
Planch.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#218,410 of 335,497
Top 66%
Extinction probability
6%
